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@ralph - maybe they are planning to sell it - Japan will be 20% short of energy this summer because of the nuclear shutdowns.by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:19:32 AM
Well, building a hydrogen filled kite, probably won't help them much.by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:20:32 AM
I know some of you have been to Japan, but the summers here are astonishingly brutal. AC is everywhere. It is hard to imagine businesses turning it down.by bo 5/14/2011 11:20:51 AM- But it should provide a nice visual....by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:21:04 AM
*sigh* I just have this vision in my head of a multi coloured tea cosy like my gradma had...........complete with steam! www.google.com.au I think my fever has hit me again lolby Angie 5/14/2011 11:21:59 AM- They're planning giant Chinese lanterns! Now THAT should distract the media!by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:22:09 AM
english.kyodonews.jp that is the result - a kite hanging on putzis.
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 5/14/2011 11:22:13 AM- @edano - ty I needed that!by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:22:46 AM
- @bo - well the looming energy shortage in Japan is already being blamed here in the UK for rising energy prices.by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:24:43 AM
- @hudebnik : ha, they always find a reason for that !by Edano 5/14/2011 11:26:54 AM
- @hudebnik any excuse to profit off of expectations. I remember when I was a buyer for an organic produce wholesaler in California and as soon as there was rain the packers would jack the price for the stuff already in the shed.by bo 5/14/2011 11:28:20 AM
@Markfm, yes you were right, the NRC document is online @ www.fairewinds.comby Ian 5/14/2011 11:28:36 AM- 20% energy shortage in japan can hardly affect global energy prices.by Edano 5/14/2011 11:29:34 AM
What I would like to see is the floating lanterns common here in Hiroshima on the anniversary of the bombing. They symbolize the souls of the dead. I would like to see the sea behind the plants full of these floating lanterns, for those who will pay with their lives in the future.
by bo 5/14/2011 11:29:44 AM
@Edano Fine by me! But there's no money down here - continued German investment in Spanish [and Greek and Portugese...] sunshine might be the only way we'll get to follow your lead.by es 5/14/2011 11:30:14 AM- @bo @edano - Centrica cited forward buying of gas by Japanese firms as pushing price up alreadyby hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:31:01 AM
- @bo That is beautiful! They look so pretty!by Angie 5/14/2011 11:31:06 AM
- @bo - that would be beautiful and memorable.by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:31:46 AM
- If the leaks keep up, we will be lighting lanterns all over the pacific in a few years.by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:32:37 AM
- @hudebnik : remember, germany shut down half their nukes, ~15% power shortage, and no effect on global prices.by Edano 5/14/2011 11:33:05 AM
- In Wellington NZ they have a beautiful small peace garden with the peace flame from Hiroshima in a lantern, burning all the time.by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:33:27 AM
- Germany is on the European grid, Is Japan?by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:34:41 AM
- Japan doesn't as far as I understand it have a fully integrated grid of its own. @bo?by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:35:30 AM
- They do, but it is an island.by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:35:52 AM
- @hudebnik that is right. That was why it was problematic to send power to the north from western Japan in the days right after the EQ.by bo 5/14/2011 11:36:18 AM
- They can't get power from the Chinese or anything like that.by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:36:25 AM
- Like many people I am perfectly happy to use electricity, but I have no idea how it works. I believe they have been working on converting larger amounts and are now asking us to conserve here as well.by bo 5/14/2011 11:37:30 AM
- @ralph - I don't think so - "Japan's two incompatible power grids make disaster recovery harder " www.scientificamerican.comby hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:37:42 AM
- Solution!! Russian floating nuclear power station. en.wikipedia.orgby Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:38:00 AM
- I did not know that Hud, my point is that they cannot rely on a larger power grid, as the Germans can.by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 11:38:59 AM
The tepco financial interests/get outs etc set out nicely in this article
globalresearch.caby elainekirk 5/14/2011 11:41:55 AM- @bo : with hamaoka done, are there any shortages in Tokyo ?by Edano 5/14/2011 11:47:22 AM
- down, not doneby Edano 5/14/2011 11:47:32 AM
- Sumo: Neck problem forces former sekwiake Hokutoriki to quitby Edano 5/14/2011 11:51:19 AM
- @Edano I have not heard anything about that, and there are no stories in the Japanese English language press about itby bo 5/14/2011 11:51:19 AM
- There were plenty of stories about shortages right after the EQ, but none now. There has been a countrywide call to conserve, astonishingly including businesses as well as homes.by bo 5/14/2011 11:52:08 AM
- by elainekirk 5/14/2011 11:52:20 AM
- @bo : with the japanese diszipline, i think they willö succeed in saving energy.by Edano 5/14/2011 11:54:08 AM
- @Edano as you probably know, Japanese people are very motivated by the group's needs, so I think it will too.by bo 5/14/2011 11:54:45 AM
- Interesting, it is already dark here in Hiroshima, yet tippycam doesn't even seem like dusk. Can there be that much difference between the two?by bo 5/14/2011 11:58:18 AM
- I posted this yesterday bit it is relevant to this discussion www3.nhk.or.jp - 2/3 of Japan's nuclear power offline by the summer.by hudebnik 5/14/2011 11:58:55 AM
- @hudebnik : a good chance for a turn i would say.by Edano 5/14/2011 12:00:00 PM
- @bo - ccd cameras can be deceptive, they are very good at maxing available lightby hudebnik 5/14/2011 12:00:05 PM
- Ahby bo 5/14/2011 12:00:27 PM
- reactor stats ?
www.tepco.co.jpby elainekirk 5/14/2011 12:02:49 PM
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